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    Freak the Mighty The story Freak the Mighty by: Rodman philbrick shows a friendship between two boys that change completely as the story develops. The two characters change as they know each other better. One main character is Maxwell Kane. Max lives with his grandparents, his mom died, and his dad is in jail. Before he met Kevin, the person that changed his life, he thought he was dumb, and had no friends. In fact,Max is an important character in the book Freak the Mighty, because his caring heart

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    In the story Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, there is multiple tones and moods throughout chapters 6 and 7. In these chapters both characters Freak and Max begin to have different tones and moods throughout the story. Max and Freak met in day care as babies and reunited in middle school. These characters start to gain complex feeling for each other and soon start to gain a relationship. In chapter 6, while Tony D and his gang stands in front of Max and Freak, Max has a strong mood of fear

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    Freak The Mighty Essay By: Tarun Rajesh The story, Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick has two main characters in the story. One of the characters is Kevin Avery. Kevin lives with his mom named Gwen because Kevin’s dad had passed away. He has Morquio Syndrome which means he has a short life. Kevin always wants to make intelligent inventions that can help Maxwell and Kevin escape from danger. Kevin is a very small kid with physical disabilities. In fact, Kevin is an important character in Freak

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    Bullying in Freak the Mighty If you’ve been in school, then you probably have experienced bullying. There are many parts in Freak the Mighty that include bullying. Max and Freak, the main characters, experience it when they encounter a person named Tony D. Max and Freak were chased by him and ran them into a muddy pond. Max has been bullied because he looks so similar to his dad, and his dad has done a crime, but they are so similar that people think he’ll do the same. Max has also been kidnapped

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    An illustration of altruism was when Max put Freak on his shoulders. Numerous times in the book Freak the Mighty, Max puts Freak on his shoulders and they get-up-and-go on “adventures”. The two would fight bullies with Maxes size and Freaks non-floccinaucinihilipilification brain and reacquire abducted purses. Max was so adjoined with Freak, Freak salvaged Max's life. What happens was Max was kidnapped by Killer Kane and Mr.Kane was choking Loretta and Max started screaming “I saw you do it, I saw

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    Throughout the novel, Freak the Mighty, author Rodman Philbrick brings the two main characters, Max and Kevin nicknamed “Freak”, together through friendship between two completely different people. The two friends friendship made both Kevin and Max stronger in their own ways; whether it be Max and his self confidence or Kevin with his size. The friendship they had changed both the main characters and others around them for the better in the end. Friendship also taught them how to treat one another

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    Contrast and Contradiction:Freak the Mighty In the book Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick the main character Grim(Grandpa) acts in a different manner than usually and he contrasts from his normal self. The first way this is shown is in chapter 14 Pg ,91-92 when Grim says “Maybe I will, Maybe I wont I cant tell your gram about it” then he goes on to say how it breaks his heart not to be able to tell Gram(Grandma). The thing that makes this an out of character move is out because Grim says on Pg

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    There are many differences between the book, Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, and the movie, The Mighty, starring Kieran Culkin, Kevin, and Elden Henson, Max. There are many more than the ones I’m about to list but these are just the major ones. Such as the way Max and Kevin meet, when they rescue the purse from the sewer, and Kevin's death. The first difference is how Max and Kevin meet. In the book, Kevin gets his ornithopter stuck in a tree, and Max helps him get it out of the tree. In

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    In the novel Freak the Mighty, author Rodman Philbrick uses two middle school best friends, Maxwell Kane, who is known as Max, and Kevin, who people call Freak, to show that family is not always what it seems. They go through many adventures together, such as crazy quests, facing the people who bully them and helping each other with their weaknesses. They have have had many ups and downs, but whatever happens by the end of the day their strong bond brings them back together. Although they may have

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    Kevin, in Freak the Mighty, also known as Freak, has morquio syndrome. It stops him from doing a lot of things “normal” people can do, but that’s what makes his character so interesting. Morquio syndrome is a genetic disorder. (Reuters, 19) It is one of a group of lysosomal storage disorders scientifically known as mucopolysaccharidoses, or MPS IV-AI.(Reuters, 15) It is typically chronic and progressive, and involves multiple organs of the body.(Reuters, 19) The chances of being born with morquio

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